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1 October 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Southern Hemisphere

Source: MoonGiant.com

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. This phase is best viewed just before the sunrise in the western sky. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the September 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on October 1 has an illumination of 1%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On October 1 the Moon is 28.38 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.38 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,720.58 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,722,218.08 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1 October 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 23
Moon:20 Virgo 00
Mercury:08 Libra 33
Venus:09 Scorpio 43
Mars:14 Cancer 54
Jupiter:21 Gemini 14
Saturn:14 Pisces 21 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 54 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 14 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 23

Chiron:21 Aries 50 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 58
Pallas:07 Sagittarius 11
Juno:18 Libra 13
Vesta:17 Virgo 35

Eris:25 Aries 06 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:2
Mutable:6

Cape Town, South Africa

1 October 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 43
Moon:23 Virgo 56
Mercury:09 Libra 08
Venus:10 Scorpio 07
Mars:15 Cancer 04
Jupiter:21 Gemini 14
Saturn:14 Pisces 20 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 54 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 14 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 25

Chiron:21 Aries 49 Rx
Ceres:11 Capricorn 01
Pallas:07 Sagittarius 18
Juno:18 Libra 20
Vesta:17 Virgo 45

Eris:25 Aries 06 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:2
Mutable:6

Easter Island, Chile

1 October 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:oom PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Libra 03
Moon:27 Virgo 53
Mercury:09 Libra 44
Venus:10 Scorpio 31
Mars:15 Cancer 15
Jupiter:21 Gemini 15
Saturn:14 Pisces 19 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 53 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 13 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 20 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 27

Chiron:21 Aries 48 Rx
Ceres:11 Capricorn 05
Pallas:07 Sagittarius 25
Juno:18 Libra 27
Vesta:17 Virgo 54

Eris:25 Aries 06 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:2
Mutable:6

Merry Meet Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

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If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

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Yes, my inner child picked this for today. It is a day for having fun and enjoying this lifetime!

Merry Meet Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought and a Little Humor for Your Day

“No matter what life throws at you on any day there is always a silver lining to be found and a reason to laugh.” LCB

Ever have a week or two of every day throwing problems, upsetting conversations, rain and more rain, being in constant pain and just want to curl up with a favorite beverage while reading a good book or watching a favorite movie or binge on a show series but you have to pull on your big person panties/underwear and work be it outside or inside your home? You know those days when you want to tell the world to just stay away you don’t want to deal with it. Then welcome to my life this week and last week. It has been a time of having way too much to do in a 24-hour day. I’d settle for just adding 2 hours a day to catch up mostly on a neglected household or outside chores. Give me the extra 2-hours a day or 2 days off in a row (LMAO trying to get this) than my house would look great inside and out. Anyone have a spell that works to slow down time? Not permanently just for a couple of hours on days we need the extra time, so we don’t feel like we are constantly in the express lane of life.

But my daily life is what it is, and I will continue to try to get up early enough every day to do all the regular daily posts but there is no guarantee I can do this. Let me give you a snapshot of a typical day for me: Wake up between 5 – 7 AM, play a game for maybe 30 minutes on my phone to help my brain to get going, next take our fur kids out – first turn on computer to get it booted up, come in open programs needed to work plus get kids fresh water and give them their joint medicine while my coffee is brewing, take my morning meds and get showered, dressed , etc. for the day, sit down at the computer for usually 5 to 7 hours also in this time frame our fur kids have to out again, Big Dawg wakes up and I get him his juice and banana along with our kids morning treats, next get everything needed to go with Big Dawg for an average of 5 hours a day to serve paperwork (his GPS and picture quality on his phone suck while mine doesn’t which is why I go with besides he has trouble using the app that has to be used for his job and has been attacked twice), maybe stop for something to eat than it is home again to feed our kids if we didn’t do it before we leave (some days we have to leave early in the morning while on others we go out in the afternoon and evening), take some time to unwind and too sore from being in the car to have the energy to stand up and do housework and mostly fall asleep around 8-10 PM hoping when I do that I will get a full, unbroken night’s sleep (this too is a LMAO moment). Just to get up the next day and do it all over again usually 6 days and sometimes 7 days a week. So, there are days I just don’t have the energy in the morning or sleep in later than I should, and posting doesn’t get done for which I apologize for. We don’t have an automatic dish washer just my hands or able to do laundry at home so it’s finding time to go to a laundromat too. Typing my daily schedule out, I wonder how I manage to get everything done I do get done every day.

But the important thing to do is find something at some point every day to have a good belly laugh even if it is something silly you have done. Laughing at ourselves for silly things we might do is great and better than feeling embarrassed.

Have a tantalizing, fantastic Friday!!

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

Merry Meet Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

All birthday horoscopes are caught up and posted on the appropriate date. Today I am only doing a few select posts. I will get back to posting tomorrow posts tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding and support while I took some time off to deal with family things and to recharge afterward. It is good to be back with my WOTC Family!

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

Merry Meet Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

I am taking off until Tuesday as I have a bad family situation, not between Big Dawg and myself, that requires all of my attention until then. Thank you for your understanding I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause anyone.

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

Ostara’s Meaning, Traditions and A Simple Ostara Ritual

Ostara’s Meaning, Traditions & A Simple Ostara Ritual Source: otherworldlyoracle.com

The Spring Equinox is knocking on our dew-stained windows, beckoning us to remember its beauty and release. Many Wiccans, witches and Pagans celebrate the Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara, which falls around March 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and around September 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. Learn all about Ostara’s meaning, how to celebrate Ostara with old and modern traditions, correspondences, and adapt our simple Ostara ritual as your own.

Ostara and Easter’s Similar Origins

The word Ostara originates from a Spring Goddess’s name—Eostre. The symbols of Ostara are uncannily similar to the traditions of the Christian holiday Easter. Why is this? To find Jesus’ Resurrection Day on the calendar – look at the first full moon following the Spring Equinox, and Easter will be on the first Sunday following the full moon. If it happens the first full moon of Spring falls on a Sunday, then Easter will be on the following Sunday.

Easter & Fertility

The word Easter looks a lot like the Spring Goddess’s name Eostre, doesn’t it? There’s no coincidence there! Ostara (the Spring Equinox) was celebrated by Germanic people including the Anglo-Saxons. Fertility and rebirth of the earth were the two main reasons for Ostara festivities. The earth is returning to its abundant greenness and the sun is returning to the high skies. Flowers are budding, lambs are bleating in the fields, and the whole of nature is singing.

Ostara Symbols and Traditions

The Easter Bunny is an image on a pedestal with the likes of Santa Claus and The Tooth Fairy. But where does the Easter Bunny come from? Just like so many other historical Holiday icons and traditions, the Easter Bunny was born from Pagan customs. Bunnies are cute, fluffy, and hippety-hoppety. But they’re also known for mating. LOTS of it. It should come as no surprise the Rabbit is one of Ostara’s original symbols of fertility. In addition, there’s speculation the goddess Eostre once had a consort who was part-rabbit and of whom was depicted as a man-sized hare.

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs are another symbol of fertility and rebirth. Christians claim Easter eggs represent Christ’s Resurrection – an egg inevitably means new life or birth into a new life. The “dying of eggs” tradition may have its roots in the ancient Zoroastrians’ painting egg ritual on the Spring Equinox. Painting eggs is a common activity at various times of the year for many countries, including Ukraine, the U.S., Austria, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Bulgaria.

Flowers

Another image that is widely associated with Ostara and Easter…the flower. The symbol of the flower is new life. Flowers have an uplifting effect on us. Their bright colors prove even though there is a time for death, there will always be a time for rebirth. This Ostara, pick some wildflowers and place them in a vase on your table or altar. Or decorate your table with Spring greenery. It will remind you of the beauty of Spring and of the true meaning of Ostara (and Easter, for that matter) which is new life.